by hawaii, new hampshire, massachusetts and minnesota, new york state ranking 18th and louisiana and mississippi, are tied, way down there, 49th. >> gregg: dr. mitchell brooks, the host of "health of a nation" and joins us live from dallas, texas. doctor, thanks for being with us. are you surprised by this or not. >> no, not at all. >> gregg: why? >> well, the states that are on the top are states that educate their young people, states that have taken the issue of obesity and exercise very seriously. the states on the bottom tend to be poorer states but that is not mutually exclusive because you have states like oklahoma and alabama, who have actually moved up in the rankings. so the issue is one of education. accessibility to the better foods, supermarkets coming into neighborhoods. for instance, in certain neighborhoods, there's really a lack of green groceries and mrs. obama has shed a lot of light on that subject, to our credit. and i think that was we go along and we come to understand these are very expensive issues, i mean, obesity costs us $190 billion a year. that is an inc